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Atomic Spy: A Conversation with Nancy Greenspan

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Education, History, News

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with author Nancy Greenspan to discuss the life of notorious Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs, the fascinating subject of her new book, Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs

Transcript

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Hi and

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welcome to SpyCast from the Secret Files of the International Spy Museum in

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Washington, D.C.

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I'm Dr. Vint Houghton, the Museum's historian and curator.

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Every week, Spycast brings you interesting conversation. Hottin, the Museum's Historian and Curator.

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Every week, Spycast brings you interesting conversations

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with authors, scholars, and practitioners

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who live in the world of global espionage.

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We're joined today by Nancy Greenspan,

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an author whose previous work, The End of the certain world, the life and science of Max

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Born, the noble physicist who ignited the quantum revolution, is, in my humble opinion, the definitive

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biography of one of history's most important scientists.

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She has now written Atomic Spy, The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs, which again is the book to read to

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understand the life motivations and impact of one of the world's most notorious

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spies. So welcome Nancy, thank you for talking to a short spy cast. We've been

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